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HM Customs seized a commercial quantity of cigarettes in the early hours of Sunday morning. A locally registered vehicle was stopped and searched on Winston Churchill Avenue near the entrance to Western Beach after the driver was seen acting suspiciously

to give customs and police officers the power of stop and search and to direct individuals to leave the new Special Zones which will now extend from the frontier to, and include, the area of the Sundial roundabout on Winston Churchill Avenue.

Spain did not break European law by imposing stringent checks on cross-border traffic with Gibraltar, according to a keenly-awaited ruling by the European Commission that hands a diplomatic defeat to the British government and the tiny overseas territory

If Customs and Police are unable to cope because of the many other demands for their services, obviously effecting manpower, than such a body should be formed and given the necessary powers for that purpose. It’s not as if such a force will ever be out o

Customs officers seized 48,800 cigarettes and one vehicle in three separate operations this week, including two where smugglers stashed cigarettes near the border fence. In the first case, officers responding to suspect activity at Western Beach conducted

On the day that EU inspectors arrived in Gibraltar to investigate Spanish frontier controls, two Spanish women appeared before the Magistrates' court charged with illegally transporting 9,000 cigarettes.

The reality is that the laws against tobacco smuggling are tougher in Gibraltar than they are in Spain itself. That was the statement from No 6 Convent Place yesterday as it responded to the Spanish Minister for the Interior Jorge Fernandez Diaz who said

A Guardia Civil officer was arrested by her colleagues on suspicion of involvement in tobacco smuggling across the border between Gibraltar and Spain. The female officer is accused of facilitating operational information about the border to smugglers.